OUR PROPOSAL

As you might already know, Capital Recycling Solutions (CRS) and ActewAGL Retail have been planning a new waste management and renewable energy initiative for the ACT.
The ACT Government is calling for innovative and sustainable proposals to improve recycling and reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. As a result, CRS and ActewAGL Retail are proposing an advanced centre for recycling, resource recovery and renewable energy. Our plans include the latest technology for sorting and recycling materials, then using world leading technology to convert non-recyclable wastes into electricity. The electricity would feed directly into the ACT electricity grid. Trucks would be reduced on Canberra and regional roads by using the new rail freight terminal which is adjacent to the recycling and energy centre.
Planning for a new waste management and renewable energy initiative for the ACT is underway. Some 60 full-time and 10 or more part-time jobs will be created when the centre is open and electricity for some 14,000 ACT homes

THE PROPOSAL WILL BE DESCRIBED IN TWO SEPARATE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS (EIS)

To date the community generally supports the principle of better recycling and using rail rather than road. There is a view that these things are missing in the ACT and should be implemented urgently.
CRS and ActewAGL Retail have announced they will provide two distinct EIS’s and development applications to the ACT Government:
The first being for the recycling and rail freight terminal components of the project, which is planned to be provided in a draft EIS to the community in 2017.
The second for the renewable waste to energy component of the project, which will be provided in a draft EIS to the community in 2018.
The proposal will be developed and displayed in two separate documents. The recycling facility and associated freight rail terminal (to be called a materials recovery facility – MRF) will enable CRS to get started on recycling ACT’s landfilled waste mid-2019.

We welcome community ideas and suggestions. If you would like to meet with us, or ask a question by email, then click on the “Contact CRS” button below to get in touch with us. Our toll-free phone number is 1800 334 696.